The European Space Agency (ESA) landed a probe on a comet on Wednesday, a first in space exploration and the climax of a decade-long mission to examine up close the remnants of the birth of Earth's solar system.

Ecological city home to bamboo, lakes, mountains and ancient attractions

UNC-Chapel Hill professors agreed Monday to pursue the idea of writing an ethics code for faculty, while some urged more assertive control of academic decisions regarding athletes.

Fireworks and a rolling red road, President Obama in a Mao suit, China pushing economic and security institutions that bypass the regional order underwritten by the United States.

A new report from the American Council on Education highlights the challenges involved when U.S. universities establish dual and joint degree programs with institutions abroad.

A nervous new doctor performing a procedure for the first time puts on a pair of Google Glass and scrubs in.

The planet's magnetic field is becoming less stable.

Black lung — a debilitating disease caused by inhaling coal dust — was supposed to be wiped out by a landmark 1969 U.S. mine safety law

Signed by Presidents of California independent schools ranging from small liberal arts colleges to large universities, One More Veteran Pledge is a necessary call-to-action to higher education institutions nationwide.

Professors at Boston-area colleges are adding their voices to a student-led movement that is pressing higher education institutions to shed investments in fossil fuel companies.